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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

A Versatile Materials Class for Solution-Processed Optics and Photonics Based On Titanium Oxide Hydrates and Polyalcohols: A Perspective.

Victoria Quirós-Cordero, Alex H Balzer, Stefan Bachevillier, Nissa Watkins, António Fernandes Ferreira, Joseph Mushyakov, Mehul Dhoot, Carlos Silva-Acuña, Paul N Stavrinou, Natalie Stingelin

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Victoria Quirós-CorderoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.
Alex H BalzerDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Center for Plastics Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716, USA.
Stefan BachevillierDepartment of Materials and Centre for Plastics Electronics, Imperial College of London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Nissa WatkinsDepartment of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.
António Fernandes FerreiraDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.
Joseph MushyakovDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.
Mehul DhootSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.
Carlos Silva-AcuñaInstitut Courtois & Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, 1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, Québec, H2V 0B3, Canada.
Paul N StavrinouDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PD, UK.
Natalie StingelinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-4545

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council PE-CDT 9EP/G037515/1European Research Council 279587National Science Foundation DMR-2019444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to propagate light within a structure comprising a controlled spatial distribution of the refractive index n prompted the telecommunications revolution of the 20th century. More recently, progress with exploiting the flow of light has led to a broad range of light- and heat-management tools, as well as novel quantum devices. This perspective discusses a new versatile class of optical materials based on molecular hybrids of metal oxide hydrates and commodity polymers, such as poly(vinyl alcohol). These fascinating, easy-to-produce materials are examined, and their processing into useful architectures such as photonic crystals is reviewed, with a focus on thin-film optics. Their potential in other areas is also assessed, for instance, for the fabrication of optical microcavities that allow the formation of exciton-polaritons, enabling studies on strong light-matter interactions. Generally, these molecular hybrids open future opportunities in applications like optics, photonics, quantum devices, catalysis, and beyond.

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diffraction gratingsdistributed Bragg reflectorsexciton‐polaritonsheat mirrorshigh refractive index polymersinorganic‐organic hybrid materialsmetal oxide hydratesoptical microcavities

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PMID41127957
PMCPMC12801362

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